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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2005Washington County, Minnesota; Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 4:51 PM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota; Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2005, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 5:33 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Washington County, MN, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 052153
TORMPX
MNC163-WIC109-052230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0018.050605T2151Z-050605T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
451 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT...SEVERAL TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
  DEVELOPING FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES WEST OF HUDSON.  THE STORM 
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUDSON...
  AFTON...
  LAKELAND...

STAY INDOORS AND GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AVAILABLE.

LAT...LON 4498 9295 4485 9295 4487 9239 4509 9246

$$
TDK
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052212
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
511 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MNC163-WIC109-052230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/
WASHINGTON MN-ST. CROIX WI-
511 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. CROIX AND 
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM...SPOTTERS CONTINUED SEEING STRONG ROTATION AT THE CLOUD 
BASE OF THE STORM...IN THE AREA AROUND HUDSON.  RADAR WAS ALSO 
SHOWING THAT THE ROTATION WAS INCREASING.  THEREFORE A TORNADO MAY 
TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME.

CITIES IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKELAND...HUDSON...BURKHARDT...AND 
BOARDMAN.

LAT...LON 4498 9295 4485 9295 4487 9239 4509 9246

$$

TDK
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052223
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MNC163-052232-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/
WASHINGTON MN-
522 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED COMPLETELY INTO ST CROIX COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4503 9273 4488 9274 4487 9239 4509 9246

$$

WIC109-052230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/
ST. CROIX WI-
522 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. CROIX
COUNTY...

AT 519 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUDSON TO JUST EAST OF HUDSON.  
IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SPOTTERS WERE NO LONGER SEEING ANY FUNNEL CLOUDS.  THE WARNING WILL 
LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM.

LAT...LON 4503 9273 4488 9274 4487 9239 4509 9246

$$

TDK
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052233
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
533 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

WIC109-052245-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/
ST. CROIX WI-
533 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. CROIX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 530 PM CDT...

AT 530 PM...THE STORM EAST AND NORTHEAST OF HUDSON HAD WEAKENED AND 
NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  SPOTTERS 
WERE NO LONGER SEEING ANY FUNNEL CLOUDS NOR ANY STORM ROTATION AT 
CLOUD BASE...AND IN FACT...ONE SPOTTER COMMENTED THAT THE STORM 
SEEMED TO BE BREAKING UP.

HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE 
FROM NEW RICHMOND AND DEER PARK...TO BALDWIN AND HAMMOND AS THE 
STORMS MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LAT...LON 4503 9273 4488 9274 4487 9239 4509 9246

$$

TDK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Sibley42 min
Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod34 min
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk47 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRusk31 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.